Additional names

Additional scientific names

The population of Mahachai Fighters is very small and is unusual among Bettas in that they are exclusively found in a brackish swamp 30 minutes away from Bangkok situated by the Gulf of Thailand and subjected to flooding by the Tha Chin River. These fish are usually found near the Nypa palms that abound in these swamps, which are used for cover and as support for their bubble nests.

A relatively shy fish that can be combined with other small, lightly brackish fish such as bumblebee gobies and small live bearers. They should be kept in male-female pairs in a 10 gallon, but mixed sex groups can be kept if the tank is at least 30 gallons in size.

This Betta is more peaceful than the well known Betta splendens. Males will flare at each other, but if kept in a minimum 30 gallon tank will not kill each other. Males can still be hostile while guarding a bubble nest, however.

An attractive little fish that looks very similar to wild Betta splendens and Betta imbellis. They can be easily distinguished from such species by their complete lack of red coloring in the fins and often by a distinctive spade tail.